British equestrian
Diana Mason
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| Nationality | British |
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| Born | (1933-04-29)29 April 1933
Knowle, England |
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| Died | 29 March 2016(2016-03-29) (aged 82) |
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| Sport | Equestrian |
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Diana Mason, OBE[1][2] (29 April 1933 – 29 March 2016) was a British equestrian.[3] She was part of the Great Britain team that won gold in the team event at the European Eventing Championships in 1954 and 1955.[4] She also competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics.[5]
Biography
Mason was born in Knowle, in the West Midlands in 1933.[3] She started to ride horses from a young age and got her first horse when she was seventeen years old.[3] In 1954, Mason became the first woman to be selected for the British three day eventing team.[3] In the same year, she won gold at the European Eventing Championships.[6]
Mason competed at two Olympic Games.[4] At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, she competed in the individual and team dressage events, finishing in 25th and 8th places respectively.[7][8] Twelve years later, at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, she competed in the same two events, finishing in 37th place in the individual event,[9] and 10th in the team event.[10] Mason was also a reserve for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[3]
She retired from competing in 1991.[3] From 1975 to 1992, Mason was the chair of the British Horse Society Dressage Group,[4] and she was the team manager for Great Britain at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta.[4] Mason continued to judge events until 2013.[3]
In January 2008, Mason was named an OBE for services to equestrian sport in the New Year Honours.[11] She died in March 2016, at the age of 82.[12]
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